In Theaters This Weekend: ‘Greta’ And ‘A Madea Family Funeral' |

Each week on Atom Insider, we’re giving you the heads up on the biggest and most talked about films arriving in theaters. This week sees the release of a dark thriller from Isabelle Huppert and Chloe Moretz, plus Tyler Perry is back in the eleventh installment of the long-running Madea film series.

You ‘Greta’ Watch Out

When Greta premiered at the Toronto Film Festival last year, critics praised the film for its twisted plot and tense thriller moments. Months later, Focus Features will finally give the indie film a wide release, and audiences can see what some have called a showstopping performance from Isabelle Huppert.

Directed and co-written by Neil Jordan (Interview with the Vampire, Byzantium), Greta is about a young woman (played by Chloe Moretz) who becomes friends with an older woman named Greta (Huppert). But she eventually realizes something creepy is going on with Greta, and when she tries to pull away, terrifying events begin to transpire. The cast also includes Maika Monroe, Zawe Ashton, Parker Sawyers, Stephen Rea, and Colm Feore.

Eleven Films And A Funeral

Tyler Perry Studios and Tyler Perry himself are back for another round in A Madea Family Funeral, where Perry will play multiple roles, including the iconic Madea. The audience for these films has been set in stone for a long time, so we’re expecting about the same appeal and reach as usual, assuming fans of the franchise are still interested – which we have no doubt they will be.

Directed and written by (who else) Tyler Perry, the film features a reunion of sorts, where the family gathers in Georgia for a funeral that goes awry and reveals some questionable family secrets. The cast includes Cassi Davis, Patrice Lovely, Ciera Payton, KJ Smith, David Otunga, and Rome Flynn.

Limited Releases

We’re moving into the spring movie season, which means a lot of indie fare and limited releases from fall and winter festivals are starting to roll out. This week they include Apollo 11 (a documentary about the famous 1969 space mission), Climax (Gaspar Noé’s new dance horror from A24), The Hole in the Ground (another A24 horror that premiered at Sundance), and The Wedding Guest (Michael Winterbottom’s new mystery thriller starring Dev Patel).

Stay tuned next week for our recap of how these films fared at the box office. To get tickets to these movies and more, head to the Atom Tickets homepage.